Women peacemakers born today

1877Kate Richards O’Hare born Ada, KS (d. 1948). Socialist leader; prison reformer. First major protester against World War I. Organized Children’s Crusade, a march on Washington DC to demand amnesty for war resisters, 1922.

1943Elaine Chao born Taipei, Taiwan. Third female director of US Peace Corps, 1991-92; sent first volunteers to post-Soviet Russia. First Chinese-American Cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Labor, 2001-07.